What is a freewrite? How is it meant to facilitate stronger writing? What did you find surprising or illuminating about the reading?
A freewrite is a quick paced writing style without any editing rules. You are suppose to write without stopping and write exactly what runs through your mind, whether it is on a topic or not. Giving you less time to worry about how you put your words on paper gives you the advantage to write more and get more out of you.
To me freewrites can really help because i have less worries, which clears out my head more so i can focus on what i want to write. You don't always get lucky with freewriting because nonsense can come out of it, but if your on a roll and writing down good material it can be great.
I think freewriting can also help me brainstorm for future essays because it gathers my thoughts at a more quicker pace. I thought the reading was very informative and it had a lot more interesting ideas about how freewriting can actually help me. It showed both the negatives and the positives about freewriting.
Hi Tyler,
ReplyDeleteI like that you brought time into our dialogue. Freewrites can really help a writer generate a lot of ideas in little time. I do think it's important to focus when you're freewriting, especially if the freewrite is for an essay. I like to think of freewrites as thinkwrites.
Thanks for your ideas.
Lauren
Hi, I felt the same way after i did the free write. My head was clear and it stayed clear for a couple of days and i was actually able to think and write more clearly for some other homework i had to do.
ReplyDeleteHey Tyler,
ReplyDeleteI don’t understand how you can have less worries when doing a freewrite (I mean this in the best way possible), when I was doing my worrying was all I did well that and trying to go back and correct myself. I do however agree with you that this would be a great exercise to brainstorm ideas for topics you need in the future. The reading helped me to, I only wish that I would have read the freewriting article before I did my freewriting exercise.
Best wishes,
Sabrina